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WRC Statement in Response to Murder of Anastacio Tzib Caal

The WRC was shocked and outraged by the assassination of Guatemalan garment worker…

July 15, 2024
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ASICS Allowed Cambodian Supplier Factory to Have Worker Jailed for Months, Sentenced to One Year in Prison in Retaliation for Forming Union

In recent years, the Cambodian government has intensified its crackdown on workers’ right…

July 2, 2024
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WRC Secures Five Months’ Wages in Unpaid Severance for Workers of Former Workwear Factory in Haiti

This past holiday season, former workers of Horizon Manufacturing, a garment factory in…

February 27, 2024
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Guatemalan Factory That Produced Lucky Brands, American Eagle, Hanesbrands, and Gillz Closed Owing Workers $1.4 Million in Severance

Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala, permanently closed operations in October 2023.

February 26, 2024
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More Justice, Less Fear, at Adidas Supplier in Cambodia

Trax Apparel—a sportswear factory in Cambodia, disclosed as a supplier to Triform Custom…

February 6, 2024
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Disastrous Outcome on Wages Made Worse by the Price Workers Are Paying for Speaking Out

Brands are facing final calls to use their leverage to influence the wage…

November 22, 2023
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Bangladesh Minimum Wage Negotiations Put Brands’ Living Wage “Commitments” to the Test

Poverty wages and high inflation, make substantial minimum wage increase for garment workers…

October 25, 2023
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First Pakistan Building Inspections Indicate Deadly Fire Hazards Are Widespread

The complex work of formally registering the Pakistan Accord as an entity able…

October 5, 2023
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Thai El Monte Garment Workers Inducted into US Labor Hall of Honor

Twenty-eight years ago last month, consumers opened their newspapers to learn that sweatshops…

September 18, 2023
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One Year Back Pay, Rehiring for Haitian Workers Fired over Wage Protest

After nearly a year of investigation and engagement by the WRC, Centri Group,…

July 14, 2023
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WRC Statement in Response to Murder of Shahidul Islam

The WRC stands with the international labor rights community in mourning and condemning…

June 28, 2023
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শহীদুল ইসলাম হত্যার প্রতিক্রিয়ায় WRC’র বিবৃতি’

আন্তর্জাতিক শ্রমিক অধিকার সম্প্রদায়ের সাথে একাত্ম হয়ে ‘শ্রমিক অধিকার সংঘ’ (Worker Rights Consortium,…

June 28, 2023